Conservation & Heritage

14 October 2026

Illustrating Richmond’s High Street

Be Richmond’s Anna Bromley explores the newest addition to Richmond’s Public Art Programme, bringing the borough’s unique heritage and nature to life.

Transport & Infrastructure

14 October 2026

The infrastructure decisions developers should be making before they buy land

Abdul Ismail of new NLA member Sterling Energy Group explores how early utility planning can help developers manage cost, reduce risk and support sustainable development.

New London Agenda

14 October 2026

Celebrating the NLA Awards 2026 Mayor’s Prize shortlist

Meet the five projects shortlisted for the NLA Awards 2026 Mayor’s Prize. Join London’s built environment at Guildhall on 19 November to celebrate this year’s winner.

Conservation & Heritage

13 October 2026

Retrofit Reads: What if architecture’s most progressive act is to keep what already exists?

As part of the Retrofit Reads series, Joe Morris of Morris+Company explores ‘radical retention’ and the value of existing buildings, following the NLA Retrofit Conference.

Education & Health

13 October 2026

The challenge of establishing neighbourhood health centres

Hoare Lea’s Carl Walker and Amelia Beattie explore how Neighbourhood Health Centres can meet local needs, strengthen communities and improve preventative healthcare.

Education & Health

12 October 2026

Raising expectations: Finding the goldilocks zone for healthy homes

Greg Jones of Hoare Lea explores how heat resilient homes can better protect health and wellbeing through design and retrofit that help people recover as temperatures rise.

Housing

12 October 2026

Five observations from London's best housing, and what they mean for delivery

HG Construction and Red Loft, sponsors of the Awards Housing category, draw five observations from this year's shortlist and link them to the New London Agenda's Six Pillars of Placemaking.

Transport & Infrastructure

06 October 2026

Building for longer lives: Why vertical mobility must be part of the UK’s infrastructure renewal

Ramon Sendra explores why modernising lifts and escalators must be part of the UK infrastructure renewal supporting accessibility and independence as our population ages.

Conservation & Heritage

06 October 2026

Retrofit should not stop at the building line

Richard Wardle explores how retrofit can reconnect streets, revive public spaces and strengthen the wider city, extending its impact well beyond individual building line.

NextGen

06 October 2026

Building a Profession People Want to Stay In

Lily Gavin and Roksana Wyrwa reflect on NLA’s Shape Your Path roundtable, exploring how pay, mentoring and clear career pathways can help retain talent across the sector.

Culture

06 October 2026

We talk about ourselves four times more than the people we design for

Amélie Barrau de Backer of OpenAsset explores how putting people’s experiences and emotions at the heart of built environment marketing creates stronger stories.

Conservation & Heritage

05 October 2026

Retrofit Reads: Applying retrofit to create a new home of careers and enterprise

Zone29 transforms a former office building into a careers and enterprise hub for the University of Westminster, connecting students, businesses and the wider community.